LEEDY-VOULKOS ART CENTER MARCH FIRST FRIDAY March 1, 2019 6pm - 9pm |
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PURPOSE Harold Smith February 1 - March 30, 2019 Opie Gallery Harold Smith is a self taught expressionist artist, primarily using acrylics and mixed media, who lives and works in Kansas City. His art is heavily influenced by what he calls the "jazz dynamic in American society and its juxtaposition to the black male experience." Smith's work has been collected worldwide and has exhibited in France (2014 and 2015), New York, Newport, San Francisco, College Park (MD), and Kansas City. Harold is a computer programming teacher by trade and has been teaching for over 33 years throughout Kansas City, Alabama, and Bermuda. In addition to creating visual art, Harold writes and makes documentary films which he calls "abstractumentaries". |
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COMMUNAL LIVING Megan Karson February 1 - April 27, 2019 Front Gallery These portraits were taken over a decade of my life in hopes of documenting the incredible people who have entered my existence throughout that time period. Whether it was a single day or several years, each of these humans has had an impact on my life and my journey through this world. Living communally has been a huge part of my adult life. Sharing space, sharing food, sharing stories, and sharing experiences is what makes us human. Each and every one of us has a complex story to tell, and these faces help tell mine. ...Read More... |
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One Thread at a Time II Debbie Barrett-Jones March 1 - April 27, 2019 Back Gallery Artist Statement I am a weaver; which means I get to see and be apart of the transformation of a white cone of yarn into a colorful, delicate piece of fabric. Harmony is the key element in my artwork and can be defined as the pleasing arrangements of parts that bring an inner sense of order. One thread at a time, at my loom, these pleasing arrangements of parts are brought out in a gradation of color, pattern, spacing, scale, and composition. The process of weaving completely fascinates me from the beginning to completion and being able to control the whole process of weaving is extremely important in my work. From the start of a project with drawing out the plans and drafting the pattern and scale, to dyeing all my yarn using a gradation percentage process. When I begin to weave I am aware that the space between each thread shot is just as important as the line the thread makes itself. And when it is time for the installation, taking time and consideration of the space around the woven panel is just as important as the piece itself. All these elements within the process are equally essential in creating stimulating and calming art. The goal in creating my art is to be able to give my viewer the opportunity to have time to slow down and breath, being stimulated by visual art that is pleasing to the eye and peaceful to the mind. ...Read More... |
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Materialist Jessie Fisher Melanie Johnson Kathy Liao Christoper Lowrance Michael McCaffrey Scott Seebart Main Gallery March 1 - April 27, 2019 In their inaugural exhibition as a group, MATERIALIST features recent paintings and drawings from six artists and educators in the Kansas City area who are devoted to a poetic mediation between the directly observed, the recounted and the invented. Storytellers, soothsayers and silent observers, what they share, is that it is the physicalism of their material which determines the consciousness of their imagery. If, as Bonnard declared, that a painting is a ‘surface whose laws are beyond objects’, it follows that painterly intervention acts as both form’s concealment and its revelation. Hands that vigorously carve out volume, discursively cling to surface and obliterate as much as they reveal, pair with eyes that witness and orchestrate the building of personal allegories and tactile histories. |
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Joseph A. Newton and Jason Wilcox The Underground Gallery February 1 - March 30, 2019 Joseph A. Newton Joseph believes that the subjects he paints have a story to tell and he captures a visual representation of that story as a distinct moment in time. His works are an artistic expression of the spirit within and without an elaborate detailing of how our Creator intricately designed us. His paintings are heirlooms that can be passed down for generations. He incorporates a variety of visual elements using a combination of expertise, detail, symmetry, and lighting to immortalize their story. While the goal is not ‘photorealism’, it has often been stated that his portrait paintings “ looks like a photograph.” When asked, what is it that you are trying to convey in your paintings, Joseph's response is simply, “ The beauty...the beauty within their story.” Jason Wilcox Jason Wilcox’s artistic mission is to entice the viewer to escape reality and explore an alternate life within the painting. Jason's artistic vision developed from an early age and advanced through education at Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. He recently retired from the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department and now paints full-time. Current media include acrylic, gold, silver, copper and green leaf, ink, paint marker, and watercolor. Natural sponges are the preferred application method for blending, but some pieces are done with a brush. New media and application techniques are uniquely utilized within each piece of work, such as embroidery, Marley hair, and French lace veil. Jason's work shows a contemporary outlook on realism, abstract, and pop art styles. ....Read More.... |
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Caught in a Freeze Dance Paige Edson KCAI Undergrads Underground March 1 - April 27, 2019 ...Read More... |
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A Fish on Ice Drea DiCarlo Undergrads Underground March 1 - April 27, 2019 ...Read More... |
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